is...doing my DD Jay Landals, suggesting others do the same
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The PR did not address the PBR as possibly not being the best. It addressed the extraction of oil from the harvested algae and BEHL seeking out alternatives to do a comparison of costs of extraction vs. yield.
BEHL has an in house extraction process. They're looking to see if they can extract more via a different technique and what it would cost for that process.
Sounds to me they are trying to crack the algae to oil barrier as rapidly as they can while still being able to produce omega 3 oil and other nutritional products.
150 acre farm project + Helmut Gass = BEHL going into the biodiesel plant biz? Subsidized by the huge margins on Omega 3 oil production?
Just thinking out loud, but if the funding coming from private investors is for the farm project, what's to stop BEHL from using the open lots to produce biomass for biofuel conversion?
I mean, omega 3 sells at 192 a gallon. Seems to be the perfect product to sell and allow you to run your biofuel projects at a negative margin until you develop the missing piece of the technology to crack that cost. Of course this hinges on the PBR being able to produce what BEHL says it can produce.
You should put a call in to Dennis. It will be a lot clearer as to why I choose that verbage instead of assuming selling of the two products has stopped.
January PR stated selling started.
Post was in response to gator's assertation there is no product being sold.
Product has been sold.
End of story.
Make sure you don't tell gator BEHL has been selling desktop models and culturing stations since January.
Shhh...I want to be able to pick up some shares before he gets them all.
Lol...I demand your PPS predictions to be accurate. That way, I can plan my retirement now. Yachts take a while to build when custom ordered.
Makes you say WOW, everytime.
It is in process. Filings to be submitted within 90 days from the Shareholder conference (2/24).
Then begins the SEC question circus.
And two weeks away from an operational commercial product.
It's nice to watch the bid uptick. :)
On my first visit to the Santa Anna offices, I plan on stealing Helmut Gass' name placard on his office door.
Enjoy the day everybody. Go Bucky!!!
This week has made me say WOW.
And more news will be coming out in the following weeks to keep making us say WOW all over again.
Count me and my family in.
Along with a bunch of a Texas tile company's employees.
Here's something to think about:
Sapphire & Aurora have both produced biofuels already.
Sapphire thru Downstream provided 1000 gallons of jet fuel to Virgin for the first ever algae fueled flight.
Why would the man who made that happen leave to come to BEHL? What did he see that made BEHL more attractive than an already producing fuel from algae company?
I can't wait to find out.
Google him + Dennis Fisher.
Fisher refers to him as a 'mad scientist'. LOL.
The fuel team is coming in to ready BEHL for a buyout.
I wonder if the plan is to spinoff Alta3 when the fuel portion of BEHL takes off.
NOTE: ALL MY OPINION. Thinking out loud, no rumours or innuendo heard on buyout, just seems like the dominoes are falling in place.
LOL! Maybe when they first turn it on, we can get the entire BEHL staff in front of it so we can count how many employees they have.
I know some here have questioned the head count in their ultimate quest for DD.
My thinking is along the same lines.
Too many connections, too many people familiar with his work and his problem solving ability to not now take a look at BEHL.
Considering what Goodall has accomplished, he must see something in BEHL that gives them an advantage in their field.
Isn't it amazing what you can find out from a company when you choose to be amicable instead of insisting on or focusing on a single point? For example, I know of investors who for weeks incessantly pestered DF about the CE to the point he stopped responding to them because it was the ONLY WAY HE COULD GET WORK DONE ON IT.
Then they vanished and now ignore the fact he worked to get it removed.
Rising gas prices as a hinderance to economic recovery has been discussed in a number of recent articles.
As gas breaks $3/gallon and rises, it approaches the breakeven point of algae fuel with current technology. Now BEHL has been at the forefront of reworking their PBR with RWE, Siemens, & Shannon. Ms. Maddox is in house as a DARPA connected phycologist. Our CEO has been at the forefront of the algae to fuel revolution and knows what it will take to make mass produced algae fuel a reality.
And that doesn't even touch upon the growing market for Omega 3 oil. Studies recently and a lawsuit in CA over PCBs and other contaminants in fish oil should drive that growing sector towards vegetarian based Omega 3. Socially conscious individuals will gladly trade the fish oil for vegetarian oil as it will provide relief for world's pressured fish stocks.
Here's the email I use to contact her:
moniqueberry@biocentricenergy.com
BioCenric Energy's Primary Objectives for the Next Ninety Days are:
1. Website updates
2. Complete new laboratory in SA (Completed and PR'd 3/16)
3. Complete our 6500 sq ft version 3 PBRs in Santa Ana
4. Complete exact same version, 6500 sq ft version 3 PBRs in SC (Components en route 3/11)
5. Assemble hard asset components to Lone Star College for a small 4300 sq ft PBRs and begin the assembly process
6. Locate and secure 150 + acres for multiple client farms at one California location
7. Informing in detail our newly appointed CEO with all major future BioCentric objectives (CEO announced 3/16)
8. Completion of the $5M Capital raise
9. Complete Form 10 filing to OTC: BB requirements
10. Complete the sale of 3 inoculants reactors
11. Sell two continuous flow desktop reactors
12. Submit three provisional patents already proven by the company.
13. Hire an independent evaluator to ascertain today's perceived value on provisional patents already received by US Patent Office
You're entitled to your opinion but I'll take Dennis' 'thank you' response as a sign that he is concerned about the blatant lies being spread about his business.
Considering the slander is coming from someone who identified themselves to BEHL and DF via emails and phone calls, I've forwarded the links off to Cano and Dennis.
When one blatantly lies in their posts, they end up in legal trouble. Especially considering their identity is known to the company and people they choose to lie about.
No idea on that. Just the rumour mills working around the world wide web are giving off that feel.
Possible funding news on the horizon from what I gather.
Fed rate influences cash flow in and out of the markets in general. It is also a barometer used to gauge the depth of this recession and how far along the recovery is.
BEHL is in the market for funding. Funding rates determined by Fed rate as well as determining BEHL's interest expense to obtain that funding.
I think some people have a difficult time with sarcasm.
I'll keep my posts on the level to avoid confusion with the perpetually high strung.
Only the people who don't know the difference between a CEO and President.
Wait...Can a company have more than one CEO?
*head explodes*
LOL...that's the same thing the WOW board is asking right now.
Dr. Brian Goodall LinkedIn Profile
http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianlgoodall
Geez, one week they promote Monique and the next they fire her.
LOL...
People who have money tied up and see a greener pasture elsewhere.
People who ran in to a need for cash and must sell.
People who want out.
Just to name three groups. Need more? I can think of hypotheticals all day since I'm not busy hitting the sell button.
It qualifies as a how did you enter at .0076 today when the low hasn't broke .0083?
On the contrary, I believe the concept Mr. Shen brought to prototype in BEHL is great. He just ran out of things he could do with it as he's not a specialist in the areas that RWE is.
Sometimes, it takes a very smart man to know where and when his talents are best put to use.
I think he could do great things here if he stays within those areas.
Agreed. I don't think it is a responsible move for shareholders to blame current management of a company for the mistakes and wrong doings of previous owners.
I'd like to think there are others here who would agree that sometimes management can be handed a load of crap by the former management staff/owners and then be subjected to the ex-managment/owners tossing out free shares to promoters and IRs without the knowledge of the company.
Anyone know Shen's true start date here? I have a rough estimate but have been given conflicting information.
Trying to draw a complete picture of PPS before Shen and post-Shen.
RWE = BEHL's Engineering Brains
Main reason for Shen's departure was the rework suggested multiple times by RWE to improve efficiency. Control unit double team by Siemens and RWE was the door closing behind Shen.
Lawsuit: Fish Oil contains PCBs
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/business/ci_14503055?source=rss
Lawsuit claims PCBs found in 10 fish oil supplements; product labeling sought
By JONDI GUMZ
Posted: 03/03/2010 01:30:16 AM PST
SANTA CRUZ -- People buying certain fish oil supplements to get the benefit of omega-3 fatty acids are ingesting chemicals banned in 1979, according to environmental advocates who filed a lawsuit Monday aimed at forcing manufacturers to warn consumers.
The lawsuit names five makers of supplements found to contain polychlorinated biphenyl compounds, drugstores CVS and Rite Aid, which sell those products, and Omega Protein Inc., of Houston, which touts itself as the world's largest producer of omega-3 fish oil.
Attorney David Roe filed the suit in San Francisco Superior Court contending Proposition 65, a law he helped write, requires consumers to be warned when products contain toxic ingredients above the limit deemed safe by regulators.
Some of the tested supplements exceed California's daily limit for PCBs by a factor of 10 in terms of the cancer risk, Roe said.
A limit has not been set for the risk of birth defects. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been studying that risk for 20 years, said co-plaintiff Benson Chiles, director of the Coastal Ocean Coalition in New Jersey.
"Our message to the public is: Buyer beware,'" Chiles said.
Manufacturers of the supplements contest the results of the tests, saying their products are safe.
Two companies whose products were tested issued swift responses.
Twinlab's chief science officer, Greg Grochoski, said the two Twinlab Norwegian cod liver oils tested are distilled
to reduce impurities such as PCBs and meet government standards.
"Twinlab cannot comment on the validity or accuracy of the test results referenced in a press release" issued by the California plaintiffs, added spokesman Justin Boone, noting Twinlab products were reported as having among the lowest levels of impurities.
Stephen McCauley of public relations firm Porter Novelli responded for Pharmavite LLC, which makes Nature Made fish oil supplements, saying its products comply with all federal laws as well as "the stringent industry standards" set by the Council for Responsible Nutrition, a trade group.
"PCBs are ubiquitous within the environment, which means that all fish -- whether fish found in oceans and rivers or fish oil supplements -- contain at least trace amounts of PCBs," said Erin Hlasney of the Council for Responsible Nutrition. "The lawyers are using California's Prop. 65 statute to bring attention to their case by attempting to frame this as a public health concern, when in reality, fish oil has enjoyed decades of safe use."
Chris Manthey, a Surfrider volunteer in New Jersey and one of the plaintiffs, said, "Many of them say their supplements have been treated' to remove or reduce PCBs. Since they don't say how much PCB contamination is still left, even consumers who choose treated' supplements can't know what PCB levels they're swallowing."
The tests, done by a California lab at a cost of $1,000 per product, measured PCBs two ways, according to the plaintiffs.
One way determines daily exposure to PCBs by looking at all 209 separate compounds in the PCB chemical family. The second way looks at toxicity based on the 12 most toxic compounds in the PCB family.
Some supplements did better on one test than the other. Now Foods cod liver oil and salmon oil were high in daily exposure to PCBs and lower on the toxicity measure. Nature Made cod liver oil was high in terms of the toxicity measure and lower in terms of daily exposure if taken as directed.
Roe said more expensive products did not necessarily get better results.
The plaintiffs, which include the Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation of Eureka, said they selected products based on a survey by the Environmental Defense Fund of fish oil purification practices at 75 companies.
"We were not cherry-picking," said Manthey, noting the exposure level for Now Foods shark liver oil was low.
Scott Daniel, marketing communications manager at Now Foods, said the company has been investigating the concerns raised by environmental advocates for months.
"The current testing methods for PCBs are highly variable and incomplete," Daniel said. "There are no universal standards to test for the 209 different compounds that are included under the term PCB. However, we believe we are in compliance with the most widely followed industry and regulatory standards."
Daniel recommended consumers choose products made from small fish with short life spans, such as anchovies and sardines.
Solgar and GNC, manufacturers of other products named in the lawsuit, did not respond immediately.
New Leaf Community Market, a local organic health food chain, has been stocking nine brands of fish oil supplements at its Felton store, but once vitamins manager Tracy Frankl heard about the lawsuit, she pulled Twinlab's emulsified Norwegian cod liver oil off the shelf.
"We don't want to sell a product we don't feel is safe," said New Leaf co-owner Scott Roseman.
He said New Leaf would talk to fish oil manufacturers about their products and their labeling.
Three local companies make supplements with fish oil, but none was tested for this lawsuit.
"We feel consumers should have access to accurate information about environmental contaminants and that complete transparency around freshness and purity is very, very important," said Tiffany Diehl, strategic project manager at Nordic Naturals in Watsonville.
The company has participated in third-party testing and posts results on its Web site, she said.
Marci Clow, senior product research director at Rainbow Light in Santa Cruz, declined to comment and Threshold Enterprises of Scotts Valley did not immediately respond.
Vegetarian Omega 3 FAQs from Vpure: http://www.v-pure.com/pages/faq.aspx
For anyone having a lot of difficulty understanding the difference between a President of a company and a CEO, Investopedia has a nice comparison.
http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/04/062504.asp
I'd suggest keeping a dictionary nearby to look up the big words.
This will add a little buying pressure to oil reserves from oil hungry countries too:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100312/sc_livescience/oilproductiontopeakin2014scientistspredict